Xref: utzoo comp.unix.internals:2550 comp.unix.wizards:24938 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!pa.dec.com!decuac!hussar.dco.dec.com!mjr From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: X sucks (was: Re: Ware Ware Wizardjin) Message-ID: <1991Apr16.183257.725@decuac.dec.com> Date: 16 Apr 91 18:32:57 GMT References: <128236@uunet.UU.NET> <15785@smoke.brl.mil> <1991Apr15.000020.21915@digibd.com> Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Washington Ultrix Resource Center Lines: 11 rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) writes: > [...] if it can run on as many different architectures and > platforms as X, can be run over any 8 bit clean data stream > and has all the functionality of X without all the bulk. The requirement of "all the functionality of X" is open to debate. All of X's wonderful functionality is one reason some of us think it's a mess. mjr.